FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES
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Maya
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Aztec
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Inca
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Terraces at Pisac. At higher elevations, Incas farmers utilized tiers of agricultural terraces to better irrigate their fields. The Terraces at Pisac in the sacred valley of the Incas, in Peru, is an example of this.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the Incan civilization’s height in the 1400s, the system of terraces covered about a million hectares throughout Peru and fed the vast empire.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Inca grew such crops as corn, squash, tomatoes, peanuts, and cotton. Inca farmers were the first to grow potatoes. They also raised guinea pigs, ducks, alpacas, and dogs.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Incas carved out these bench terraces, or andenes, to create level platforms for growing crops on the steep slopes of the Andes. The bench terraces shown here are located at Machu Picchu and would have been used to provide maize or potatoes for this remote city.